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Covers 100,000 km of fiber and mobile infrastructure in 11 telecom circles, across North and West of India, including Delhi and Mumbai Will lead to productive integration of 5,000 employees by moving them to Ericsson - providing them global opportunities Integrated management to deliver world class customer experience using global expertise and bringing in operational efficiencies and cost optimization Reliance Communications Limited, India's fully integrated telecommunications service provider, today signed an eight-year full-scope managed services agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) for USD 1 billion to operate and manage the wireline and wireless networks in the Northern and Western states of India. As per the contract, Ericsson will manage the day to day operations across wireline and wireless networks and will take over responsibility for field maintenance, network operations and operational planning of Reliance Communications 2G, CDMA and 3G mobile networks. This agreement is aimed to meet the fast evolving customer demand for communications applications and services in one of the world's most dynamic telecom markets. Reliance Communications will benefit from Ericsson's proven world-class processes, methods and tools and the partnership will allow Reliance Communications to free up resources to focus